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COMPETITIVENESS INDEX
THE FINAL ANALYSIS
As this report has evinced, a great measure of the Malaysian economy’s success is its recent performance on the Competitiveness Index published by Institute for Management Development (IMD), Switzerland. IMD’s 2010 World Competitiveness Yearbook shows Malaysia occupying the second spot in the ASEAN region as well as among countries with a per ca pita GDP less than USD20,000. Malaysia also broke into the
in by the Malaysian government and industry in close coordination, making it one of the most preferred investment destinations in the world.
PERFORMANCE OF ASEAN COUNTRIES
COUNTRIES
2010
2009
2008
INDEX RANK
INDEX RANK
INDEX RANK
Singapore
100.000 1
95.740 1
99.330 1
Malaysia
87.228 2
77.162 2
73.199 2
Thailand
73.233 3
70.762 3
63.096 3
Indonesia
60.745 4
55.479 4
41.520 5
Philippines
56.526 5
54.490 5
50.478 4
MALAYSIA’S KEY RANKINGS
CATEGORY
WCY 2010
WCY 2009
WCY 2008
Overall scoreboard
10
(n=58 economies)
18
(n=57 economies)
19
(n=55 economies)
Population greater than 20 million
5 (n=29)
6 (n=29)
7 (n=29)
GDP per capita less than USD20,000
2 (n=30)
1 (n=29)
2* (n=20)
Asia Pacific
5 (n=13)
6 (n=13)
7 (n=13)
Source: IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2010
Notes: ‘n’ denotes the number of countries on the index, * GDP per capita less than USD10,000
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